Stop policing me for refusing to perform your aesthetic preference for doom. I'm Gen X, I don't have to perform it, I was born with sarcasm built in. And I will never stop believing in my own capacity to figure out a solution with my friends. #latchkeykids #electricyouth
Stop policing me for refusing to perform your aesthetic preference for doom. I'm Gen X, I don't have to perform it, I was born with sarcasm built in. And I will never stop believing in my own capacity to figure out a solution with my friends. #latchkeykids #electricyouth

Raise your hand if you were a LatchKey kid that had to eat this abomination, or another McDonald's Happy Meal, after school in the 1970s or 1980s.
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#GenX #GenXers
#70s #80s
#LatchkeyKids
#food #TV
#TVdinners

The Fleshtones / Hysteric Narcotics / Vertical Pillows / God Bullies / Murder of Crows / Latchkey Kids / Rekombo Krap DNA

Bands The Fleshtones Hysteric Narcotics Vertical Pillows God Bullies Murder of Crows Latchkey Kids Rekombo Krap DNA Venue - Venue name: Miller Auditorium Plaza - Date: Saturday, April 4th - Time: 11am-7pm - Admission price: $1.89 - Other details: Outdoor Music Festival, WIDR FM 89.1, Food & Games & Prizes

https://grpunkflyers.notopia.dev/flyers/1521/

By today's standards, childcare in the 70s and 80s would have gotten our parents arrested. I watch a lot of "body cam" police videos on YouTube (shut up it's fascinating) and I've seen a fair number of parents put in handcuffs for child abandonment. This one woman went to visit another apartment in the same apartment complex while her 13 year old was in charge of the 9 year old. They were both asleep. Ummmm...yeah. (Read More On Blog)

#generationX #latchkeykids

https://superlowbudge.blogspot.com/2026/02/gen-x-era-of-latchkey-kid.html

Gen X mom reenacts 'coming home from school' in the '80s and it's totally perfect

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/gen-x-mom-coming-home-ex1

People from Gen X dearly miss their Swanson frozen dinners. Here's why they disappeared.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/swanson-frozen-dinners

Gen X mom reenacts 'coming home from school in the 80s' and it couldn't be more perfect

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/mom-demonstrates-latchkey-kid-life-ex1